Five films by Polk County Harrison School for Visual and Performing Arts students were accepted into the 2016 Sunscreen Film Festival in St. Petersburg, Florida. They are “Common Ground” by William Stead; “Delivery” by Will Smith; “Elsewhere” by Taylor Beck;”Tick Tock” by Wesley Hayes and “Whipped” by Mackenzie Pike. This is the llth annual festival and runs April 28 through May 1st.

The film festival, started by St. Petersburg Clearwater Film Commissioner Tony Armer and Derek Miner 11 years ago in a one-room art gallery, has now grown to multiple venues around downtown St. Petersburg.It is the longest running film festival in Tampa Bay.

It is an Academy of Motion Pictures sponsored festival that celebrates filmmaking by screening over 100 independent movies and hosting workshops on the movie-making process

The festival is open to the public and there are events taking place every day of the festival at different locations around downtown. For event and ticket information go tohttp://www.sunscreenfilmfestival.com.
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About This Blog

I was thrilled to be asked by The Ledger to become its first theatre blogger. Already writing preview articles about Polk County’s community theatres and feature articles for Inside Polk Magazine, I thought blogging uk essay writing service would be fun and fulfill a need for the community.

I have long been on a soap box about the abundance of available local entertainment. When someone complains that there is not much to do culturally in Polk County, I am not shy about telling them that they just aren’t looking. So I am thrilled to be able to let the buy papers online local community know, via my blog, about all the wonderful and varied theatrical venues and performances that are available in Polk County, sometimes in very surprising places.